Members: Rope Abrasion Testing

There is no standardised test for rope abrasion so a method was devised at RopeLab to attempt to compare ropes. It must be stated clearly that it would be very difficult to model or make general assumptions about what happens to a rope in use and during a fall over an edge. These tests do not try to do that, instead they simply attempt to compare the relative abrasion resistance of particular ropes against each other. Other tests may produce very different results.

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Richard Delaney has worked professionally with ropes since 1992 as a multi-pitch rock-climbing instructor, technical rescue instructor and rope access technician. Understanding and teaching the Physics of Rigging is a core passion of Richard’s, one based on his experience, and his prior professional life as a qualified engineer.